Troublesome Designs

This: Post: 137826 from Charles Kenyon brought to mind a book I"ve read recently "Inviting Disaster. Lessons from the Edge of Technology" by James R. Chiles. The referenced article in Charles' post refers to a big disaster caused by a cascade of small systems and design flaws. Primarily an out-of-date manual.

From the jacket

<hr>...gripping stories of what can go wrong when modern technology is not treated with proper attention and respect.<hr>

Well written, fascinating and full of useful real-world design lessons.